Myths of Venice
Subtitle: The Figuration of a State (Bettie Allison Rand Lectures in Art History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: August 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780807856635
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History Of Art / Art & Design Styles; History - Medieval; European; History; Art & Art Instruction; History: World; Italy; Art & Politics; History - General; Art / History / Medieval; Europe - Italy; Medieval
First sentence: Unique in its site, built upon the mud flats of a lagoon, rising above the waters, Venice rhetorically exploited every aspect of its singularity (plate 1, fig. 1).